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Satan's School for Girls

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Look, it is low budget and kinda silly, but I would buy this DVD before I would buy Cold Creek Manor, The Missing, High Tension and The Village.
This movie is fun too watch and the Devil in those white shoes and flare (not bell bottoms) leg slacks are worth the price of this film. And Kate Jackson must be at least 6'2" which is a plus for me in itself.
A girl speeding down the road in a Duster, scared to death of something makes it to her sister's house, only to die inside. The investigation closed by the police as suicide; the dead girl's sister embarkes on a mission to find out what really happpend to her late sister. Her investigation leads her to the all girls academy her sister was attending. Lots of night scenes and a basement scene which is a plus. And a few possible candidates for the proverbial bad guy. To top it off a good solid ending. This movie comes from a time where movies were really fun to watch. This movie is right out of the late show era before the days of infomercials when you could get some snacks and cuddle up on the couch and just enjoy a silly film that turns out to be pretty darn good. I rate this just below the Initiation of Sarah and Midnight Offerings (Does anyone know where you can find Midnight offerings about 2 teenage witches one good one evil? By the way you can also purchase this movie on the 4pack from Brentwood "Evil Places," which I have but I would also buy this individual DVD just for backup and maybe some special features.

WARNING: Some spoilers ahead

Satan's School For Girls (1973) was a made-for-TV horror movie. This movie stars Pamela Franklin (The Innocents, The Witching, The Legend Of Hell House), Kate Jackson (Dark Shadows, Charlie's Angels), Cheryl Stoppelmoor (known more famously as Cheryl Ladd from Charlie's Angels, CSI: Miami, Las Vegas), Lloyd Bochner (Bewitched, Dynasty), Jamie Smith Jackson, Roy Thinnes (Falcon Crest, Dark Shadows, General Hospital, One Life To Live, The X-Files), and Jo Van Fleet (East Of Eden).

The movie is pretty twisted, dark, spooky, and downright scary at times. It's also somewhat cheesy at times. It has that early '70s low budget "LSD trip" feel to it, if you get what I mean. What the plot boils down to is there is a girl who is being chased by a crazy man. This girl later is found hanged in her room from an apparent suicide. Her sister refuses to believe it's a suicide and decides to investigate by visiting the school where her sister attended, called the Salem Academy for women. She enrolls in the college. Weird and bizarre things start happening with some of the students, including murders. Eventually it's revealed that one of the instructors is responsible for all the evil deeds that are occurring. He heads a satanic cult in which some of his students are followers who believe he is Satan. I'll leave it at that and won't reveal the ending. It's for you to discover.

I like this movie. The picture quality is somewhat low and grainy, but I don't mind because this is an old early '70s movie that hasn't been given the cleanup treatment. If you like twisted horror, then I recommend this flick.

Horror & Suspense-Schoolgirl Jenny Hammersmith is speeding down the road in a car, scared to death of something and makes it to her sister Beth Hammersmith's house, only to die inside! The investigation is closed by the police as suicide. Beth, under an alias of Karen Oxford, enrolls at Fallbridge College for Girls to probe the apparent suicide of her younger sister who attended school there, and soon battles against a secret group called "The Five" who are in fact a Satanic cult of witches and have chosen Beth, a natural witch herself, to join the cult as the fifth member to consolidate it's power for world domination. Stars: Pamela Franklin as Elizabeth, Lloyd Botchner as Delacroix, Jamie Smith Jackson as Debbie, Roy Thinnes as Clampett, Jo Van Fleet as Headmistress,Cheryl Stopplemoor as Jody, Frank Marth as Detective, Terry Lumley as Martha,Gwynne Gilford as Lucy, Guest Appearances by Kate Jackson & Cheryl Ladd. 1973, Public Domain (out of copyright period)Bill Quinn as Gardener, Ann Noland as Chris, Bing Russell as Sherriff, Guest Appearances by Kate Jackson & Cheryl Ladd. Director: David Lowell Rich, Aaron Spelling - Leonard Goldberg Production.DVD re-release Brentwood Home Video, disributed by BCI Eclipse LLC.

THIS MOVIE HAS A VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT AND A CAST OF FAMOUS ACTRESSES BEFORE THEY BECAME FAMOUS. IT REALLY WASN'T NEARLY AS BAD AS THE OTHER REVIEWER HAS SUGGESTED. I OWN IT AND IT WILL REMAIN IN MY DVD LIBRARY FOREVER. NOW I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE REMAKE (THE ONE WITH SHANNON DOHERTY IN IT) TO BE RELEASED ON DVD. (I LIKE THE REMAKE A LOT ALSO.) BEST OF ALL FOR 5 BUCKS THIS DVD IS A BARGAIN!!!!!! IT'S LIKE A CLASSIC. EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IT AT LEAST ONCE. HIGHLY RECCOMENDED.

The above heading says it all. It's by far not perfect or even great. But it's fun to watch. The disc transfer is horrible...but it was origionally a tv movie and I doubt the origional transfer was kept in good condition. It's fun to see some of the "Charlie's Angels" before they were the Angels!!! And Pamala Franklin is always a hoot to watch. There are some nice atmospheric scenes that do remind you that you are watching a "horror" film. Overall...I loved it 'cuz it's cheesy and thats the type of movie I adore!!!

My daughter loves the remake of this with Shannon Doherty. We bought this hoping it will be similiar. Not even close. She only watched the first five minutes of it. For an older movie it is very good, but when you are expecting something with more special effects....doesn't work.

This movie is obviously early 1970s before Kate Jackson was a big name star in charlies angels. This film lacked just about everything to give it a good reccomendation. The picture qaulity is not even up to vhs standards. On the other hand it did have an interesting plot and I was able to sit in one place while watching it. That is all I can really say except if you buy this movie don't expect much and you won't be disappointed, I would rather see an alfred hitchcock type movie than one like this though.